| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Center for Asian American Media in 1998. |
| Summary |
ROOTS IN THE SAND challenges prevailing impressions of the rugged frontier by enriching the landscape with stalwart Sikh, Moslem and Hindu settlers in this Mexican-Punjabi version of the "taming of the Wild West. Federal laws prevented "non-white Caucasians" like themselves from going home to marry, importing brides, or becoming American citizens. Instead, they married Mexican fieldworkers - women with the same color as themselves - with the blessings of sympathetic county clerks and judges. Through a combined use of extensive archival material and extensive interviews, ROOTS IN THE SAND paints a Wild West that demanded not only physical stamina, but an indomitable spirit as well. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Ethnicity.
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Emigration and immigration.
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Asians.
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Documentary films.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Hart, Jayasri, film director.
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Center for Asian American Media. Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
12341706 Kanopy |
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